The season kicks off Saturday, January 3rd at VRHS with a friendly alumni game.  Katie is planning on coming back from Texas State to play against her archrival - Hannah.  It’ll be interesting to see who get’s the better of each other as I think both had a few deserts over the Christmas holidays.

The season begins in earnest January 9th with the Rangers attending a number of tournaments each weekend during January.  Then district play begins Tuesday, January 27th with a match against rival Leander High school.  The season then features games most Tuesday & Friday nights through March 17th where the Lady Rangers will play against Georgetown, Round Rock, Stony Point, Westwood, McNeil and Leander.

I for one am looking forward to this season as once again I’ll be on the sidelines taking pictures.  This will be the last one for me as Hannah graduates in May and will likely hang up her soccer cleats after the season.   Look for game updates and pictures after each contest.

Go Lady Rangers!

The island’s western shore is surrounded by reefs from the northern-most tip all the way to the southern lighthouse.  Given the number of places to dive, our dive crew (Holly, Anna, Nav and myself) managed to only sample a few during the week.  The worse dive we had was probably the night dive that Nav and I did at Witches Hut and it was still very enjoyable. The viz was poor that night, but to watch a tarpon actually munch on a parrot fish just 5′ in front of you and hear his jaws slam shut was memorable. Not to mention surfacing to a full moon where the shoreline is all lit up and you can see the city lights twinkling towards the south.

There’s no doubt that we’ll all be going back.  There are simply too many great dive sites to visit not to mention I’d like to spend a little more time in the park on the northern side of the island.

Hope you enjoy my photographs as much as I enjoyed making them.  Click on the picture above to be taken directly to the Bonaire galleries.

Seriously, this is a very big achievement. The rescue course is one mentioned by most advanced divers as the toughest they’ve ever done but also one of the most satisfying. It marks when a diver goes from thinking about just themself in the water to a diver who anticipates and correct most problems before they happen. It’s a tough course where you never know what’s going to happen and you have to respond to it.

Michael simply rocked and did an awesome job. I know this - after watching him this weekend, I would be more than comfortable diving with him in the future and confident in placing my wellbeing in his capable hands!

Katie came home from TSU to participate in the festivities and found herself a new job should she do poorly at school - an official hair styler. Hannah and Taylor Cohen (one of her BFF’s) were selected for the court and both looked stunning. Of course, Hannah (being Hannah) had to add her own style to the event - she wore her soccer cleats with her dress.

And of course, when you get back to the surface, that’s when the 2nd part of the fun began. Alot of folks camped and partook of a few adult beverages!